Spoiler Discussion: Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

On the August 2, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to have a spoiler discussion about the latest Quentin Tarantino film, Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood.

 

Opening Banter: News is still slow and we wanted to have this spoiler discussion.

 

Our Feature Presentation: A spoiler discussion of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

• Overall and opening thoughts.

• Leonardo DiCaprio as Rick Dalton.

• Brad Pitt and Cliff Booth.

• Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate.

• Hollywood 1969: how does it feel to be here?

• Not much happens in this movie until the ending…is that a problem?

• The FBI episode, the Great Escape fantasy, and other movies/shows in the movie.

• The soundtrack.

• The supporting cast: Kurt Russell, Emile Hirsch, etc.

• The Bruce Lee Scene

• That strange scene where Cliff maaaaaybe kills his wife.

• The scene with the child actor.

• The long scene where we watch Rick Dalton film the cowboy show.

• Charles Manson and the family.

• The Spahn Ranch sequence.

• That final 30 minutes.

• The significance of the final shot.

 

Other Articles Mentioned:

• ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Spoiler Review: Quentin Tarantino’s Funny, Melancholy Masterwork 

 

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